Re: Car Audio, decision made

From: Jason&Sarah (Jpm699@email.msn.com)
Date: Sat Feb 24 2001 - 17:30:07 EST


How about the amp in the Dakota. Is it in the back near one of those rear
speakers? Will I have to bypass it?

Jason

> Hehe. I hated my Club Cab rear speak install. you gotta remove a LOT of
> stuff!
>
> first of all, you have to pull that plastic piece from back rest. it's
that
> plastic piece that goes all the way across the back. Just get a good hold
> on it, yank it and it pulls the clips right out.
>
> 2- there are 2 phillips head that are now exposed on the edges of where
the
> middle piece just pulled out. remove those.
> 3- there's a HUGE friggin bolt that holds the seatbelt pivot on top. You
> have to CAREFULLY (don't pull back too far, it'll break) pry it from the
> bottom to release the "clip" and when you pull it upwards, it'll reveal
the
> bolt. If you don't have a torx that big. some people on the list have
> grabbed it with a pair of vise grips and got it off like that. guess it
> works.
> 4-you basically then just start pulling the side piece out. (there are
> little snap in buttons everywhere so just pull gently and don't break
> anything)
> 5-once most of the snap buttons (they're on top) are out. you want to lift
> upward and slide the side panel out of there. WATCH out, because there's
a
> little itty bitty piece of plastic that attaches to your door sill piece,
> just push it backwards and it should unhook itself from that.
> 6-install ur speaker. Trust me. it's a pain, and it's hard to squeeze in
> and out of the cab... get a helper to get tools while you stay in the
back
> seat or something. or just trade it in for a Quad Cab!
>
> hope that helps. I tried to remember the steps, but it's 1:36 and I got
100
> more messages to sort out and delete. :)
> -Chuong
>
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